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STIFF JOINTS.
a MOST REMAluiABLE CASE OF sCROFryrA
AND RHEUMATISM

a MOST REMARKABLE CASE OF sCRoFULA
AND RHEUMATISM.
| have a little boy twelve years old
whose knees have been drawn almost
double and his joints are perfectly stiir,
and he has been in this condition three
years. unable to walk. During that time
the medical board of London county cx-
amined him and pronounced the disease
Scrofnla and prescribed, but no benefit
ever derived. J. then used much aad-
yortlscd preparation without benefit,
Three weeks ago he became perfectly
bel pless and suffered dreadfully.
A friend who had used b. Is. b. adj
Vlsed its use. He has used one bottle
ana oil pam has ceased and he can now
walk. Ibis has been most wonderful
action, as his complaint had baftled
everything. L shall continue to use it OF,
nm. Mrs. EMMA GRIrFIrus.
Unitia, Tenn, March 2, 1886.
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NEW YORK .h4HIONs.
Bridal Costumes, Trimmings, Evening
Costumes, Christmas Toys.

Hrlual Costumes, Trimmings, EYonint
Costumes, Christmas Toys.
(From New York Lcttor)
AS moire is the leading material in
handsome outfits Of every kind, SO is il
the first choice in bridal costumes,
Scarce ever alone, but combined with
other fabrics, such as failie franchise,
gros grain or heavy rep or satin, which
come III for their share of attention and
are the rather chosen for some auite
stylish occasions. For semi dress cere-
monies, silk warp white wool is pretty
and rivals cashmere, both Of which can
be offset by richer goods, while attrac-
tive and comparatively inexpensive
dresses are of white India or China silk.
Styles III making tend towards simplici
ty, adornment being brought about more
by trimming than complicated sweep of
drapery, but these ideas are not rigorous
and occasionally for q slender bride the |
rnodlste employs the bouiIaut. in gop.
slseA Ss litS'NRiLe, the, train is full, long and
uS slias Pay pus now and then ric6 fall
,l - a's.sSa axe paced In ornament pIo;I,
g ~, s slo gsyeE, rs the rule and o,arn;t1,ro
~, osS s'e ~ on tue sides and front yShe,.s
~ s'Ass = ~ crystal passernenterie. nearSo5
an3 1870 81 perh gold or silver IIesda |
MONT 1esS S.sleetlsiennes, ducheas a,
oIly iS'ce, Yerltable pictures 6Y,s :, - -
trayaL sOrange blossoms rer9,i,, iiiio plS-
ard, but any attractive white Aos,as sValla- .us
be selected in prefere nee. LONG Wy
kld gloves, dressed or undressed with
fine or heavy stitching. For brides
naids, stylish choice ig MORE silk with
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Pianos and Orrana.

All Of the best makos. $25 cash and
balance Noyemb Der l, at spot cash prices
on Piano. $40 cash and balance No
yorn6cr ], at spot cash prices on an
Organ. Delivered, freight free, at your
nearest depot. Fifteen days test trial
and freight both ways if not satisfactory.
Write for circulars.
n. w. TRUMP,
..-.. Columbia, S. @.
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Liver, Blood, and LunQs.

If you feel dun, drowsy, dcbiltated, have
on face or body, frequent headache or dizzi-
ncss, bad taste in mouth, internal heat or
and gloomy forcbodings, Irregular appetite,
and coated tongue, you are suffering from
EiVer, or "FsiiioMsmoss.o - In many
cases only part of these symptoms are expc-
ricnccd; As q remedy for all such cases,
Dr. Picrce'S Golden Medical Diss
cOycry is unsurpassed.
Eor Mcai Lungs, Splitting or
BLOOD. ShOrtnoSS OF Erenth. l$rOn,
chitis, Astil ma, severe Coughs, and
kindred affections, it is an efficient remedy.
SOLD by DtUGGISrs, at $l,00, or SIX
BOTTLES for $500.
Send ten cents in stamps for DR.. Pierce's
book on Consumption. Address
SS Sorld'S Dispensary Medical Asso.
ciatiOM, GG3 Main Street, BUFFALO, N. Y.
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;, q grocer being solicited 70 contribute 10
sn9 scg;hoS hnSSlSSo;tng S;n OF y church, promptly sub
ing manner: John Jones Cthe oniv Nv, W.
ih as lowh where you can get eleven nnm"Ss
- sngar Tor adollar) twenty cents.
:, Lay OIL your overcoat, or Won Won,
.Sel os ~ when you SO out" said the a,,diSrS
~ ~, 4 Salern inn to guest who was si,tino
| icft 'oe oG rrs. ire The last time / was here i
ioaS ,cy,t OLt my overcoat didn't feel IL yyber
went out and ] haven't felt il sin since % %Nei
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WEBB CITY, ARK, BLOOD.

Having tested b. B. b. and found it to
DC oil that IS claimed for it, [ commend
IL 10 any and every one suffering from
Dlood poison. 1t has done me more
8ood tor less money and in shorter
space OF time than any blood purifier /
eyer eyer used. l. owe the comfort of my
NE TO It's nso, for L have been troubled
win severe form of blood poison for 5
or years and found no relief equal to
that given by the use Of b. B. B.
w ~, W. G. MCGAUHEY,
Webb City, Ark, May 3, 1886.
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from common EslOtch, or Eruptions
y the worst Ser2fula. SnIt EI.eums
" " @Eover sores,O Scaly or Rough
Skin, in short, all diseases caused by bad
blood are conquered by this powerful, puri-
tying, and inYigorating medicine. Great
Rating Ulcers rapidly heal under Its be-
nign influence. Especially has It mansfestad
its potency in curing Tett9r, Rose Rash.
uIouS sores and SSveIIingS, Gzipe
Joint Disease, White SWcIEtngss
Goisre, or THE Ok Neck, and Enlarged
large treatise, with colored plates, on Skin
Diseases, or the same amount for q treatise
on Scrofulous Affections.
"TAE BLOOD rs THE LIFE.sS
Thor9ughly cleanse it by using Dr. Piercc's
Golden Medical Discovery, and good
digestion, a fair skin, buoyant spirs
It's, and vital stronGtL, will be established.
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Woman and Her DIspases

Is the title Of a large illustrated treatise.
by DR.. X. Y. Pierce, Buffalo, n. Y, sent
to amy address for ten cents in stamps, 1t
teaches successful sclf-trCatmcnt.
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CONSUMPTNIGNN

which is Scrofula OF tho Lungs, is ar
rested and cured by this remedy, if taken be-
fore the last stages OF the disease are reached.
From its marvellous power over this, terribly
celebrated rcmody to tho public, DR.. PIERCE
thought, seriously OF calling it his "Cons
sumption Cure,3 but abandoned that
from it's wonderful combination of tonic, or
STRENGTHENING, Alternative, or blood-cleansng,
anti-bilious, pCctoral, and nutrtive proper
ties is uncquulcd, not ouly nc remedy for
consumption, but for ali Chronic Disc
of fhn
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nose, oncnslNe or Otherwise, partial loss OF
smell, taste, or hearing, weak eyes, dull pain
or pressure in head. you have Catarrh. Thou
sands of cases terminate in consumption.
DIR. S0gc's CATARRH REMEDY cures tho worst
cases OF Catarrll, 'SCOld I'm tho EAead,O
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Webb City, Ark, May 3, 1886.

e, AZ VINO desire full Information about tho
chusS Shd cure OF iloOd pOi&Ons ScrOfnio md
1IGSroluionS ISI swellingS. Ulcers, Sores, Eheuma,
secmr1e ss1 H6Iam@y 6H S '%mplains Catarrh, etc can
dratnd ~ IEo' Iiiai' ITce a copy our 32page illus
wonderful and 9taltling proof ever before
i>ho"h' Address, BLOOD BALM co,
Atlanta, Ga.
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PRIVATE BOARDING.

ON TIE FIRST OF OCTOBER, the
undersigned opened
FIRST CLASS BOARDING HOUSE
III Charleston, for tho accommodation OF
both Transient and Permanent Boarders.
Tho Building, located on the northeast
corner Of Wentworth and GIebe streets,
is conveniently near the business portion
OF hlu8 street, yet iree from the noise
OF the thorou8hfares. It is within easY
reach from the Academy of Music and
from Churches Of all the different de-
nominations.
The house has been thoroughly re-
paired, and fitted up in good style with
new furniture and fixtures.
Terms reasonable.
For further information address
Mas. f.. E. HASELL,
or Miss S. S. EDWARDS,
htf Charleston, S. @.
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%IGHT.

$, Curses and
Divided Negro
ight--Ghe Anti's
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CHARLOTTE
EhMALB INSTITUq'g,

SESSION I, S !, J e. BEGINS 5,I SEPT. 7, 1857.
ri y lNSTlTUTEf for YOUNG LADIES
!io ~ IN the South has advantages supe-
fior to those offered here in every depart
nrnnr snnr1n,lnIrmCo!le9@iate Art and Music. Only
me building is lighted with gas, warmed
h WIZ Tn" best Wr0ught-iron furnaces, has
not ana cold water baths, and frst~claSs
appointments as a Boarding School in
every reSpoct-no school IN the South has
superior. ""'
RcGuc ion for two or moro from, tho ,,,,,o
E@nl'y or neighbOrhood. Pupils ch rged oniw
nf toiIi uitto Of enhance, after the FIRST month
For Catalogue, with full particulars. ad-
''oSS REV. WI Il. ATKINSON'
Charlotte, n. @.
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FACTS FOR THE CURIOUS.
The King of the Tonga Islands dresses
in well made European clothes,

The King of the Tonga Islands dresses
in well made European clothes.
Confucius, the founder of the religious
deism in China, was contemporary with
Pythagorus, and died at the age OF
seventy-two years.
'AIugwump" is found in the atlantic
Monthly for May, 1867, where it occurs
in story, "The Plaintiff Nonsuited." ="
The sense there is ''chieftain."
The literary education of women began
to prevail in England in the early part of
the seventeenth century. In 1920 neither
of Shakespeare's daughters could write,
A Privateer is vessel belonging to
private owner, but sailing under a com
mission from a responsible government,
with authority to wage war against power:
specified in the commission.
A petriied strawberry was recently
found near Americus, Ga, which was
"eathered'' by one who had watched 1t
during all the stages of petrifaction, and
had it converted into breastpln.
The Apollo Bclvidere, the masterpiece
of sculpture, was found in temple at
Antium, and for over 300 years has stood
in the Belvidcre of the Vatican. The
Apollo Musagctes was found at Tivoli,
in 1774.
''Reinaert de Vos," or "Reynard the
Fox" a satirical poem, written about
1850 by William Van Utenhoven, a
priest of Aerdenburg, was for centuries
the most popular work ever written. L
was translated into many languages.
An explorer of prehistoric mounds in
Ohio has found carefully wrought hatchets
of soft coal associated with human skele-
tons and bronzcd ornaments. From the
character of the material it is evident
that these were meant to simulate axes
of flint, and were of no use excepting in
burals.
The origin of the term wirdfall, is said
to be the following: Some of the nobil-
ity of England, by the tenure of their es-
tates, were forbidden to fell any of the
trees upon them, the timber being re-
served for the use of the royal navy.
Such trees as fell without being cut, lie.
longed to the occupant, and tornadocs,
therefore, were welcome events, the wind
falls in large forests being sometimes of
great value.
An odd practice prevails in regard to
mourning for deceased relatives in Corea.
Any one who has suffered such loss goes
about for year wearing kind of pointed
basket on the head, which completely
hides his face, and no one is permitted
to address or speak to him. 1t was by
adopting the mourner's bonnet as dis
guise that the early Jesuit missionaries
succeeded in entering the country and
making their way about unquest;oned by
ANYBODY,
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Lemon Culture in Florida

The lemon grove is started much the
same as the orange grove, but budded
trees should always be used, as the fruit
of seedlings is generally worthless. High
pine land is best adapted to the growth
of lemon trees, the hi cher and dryer the
better; low lands and hummocks will
never give satisfactory results. The lemon
is not as hardy as the orange, and conse-
quently cannot be grown with profit as
far north, unless we'll protected by bodies
of water, or surrounding forests, and on
high land.
The trees may be planted somewhat
closer together than the orange, as the
fruit is mostly borne on the inside
branches, while orange trees bear more
heavily on the outer limbs. From twenty
to twenty-five feet apart is the usual dis
tance. Clean culture and the best COM
mercial fertilizers apply equally as well
to the lemon as to the orange grove, and
the trees will thrive with less amount
of fertilizer. Lemon trees should never
be pruned, except to remove dead
branches, and possibly a few of the lower
limbs that interfere with cultivation.
Lemons should never be picked for
shipment when fully ripe, but should be
gathered just as they are turning yellow,
and placed on drying shelves in the same
manner as oranges, and left for several
weeks until thoroughly cured. They are
then assorted and graded, wrapped in
manila paper, firmly packed in boxes,
and are ready for shipment. american
Aqriculturist.
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Rhubarb.-How to Prepare 1t.

Cut the stems into pieces an inch in
length, after scraping off any of the
outer skin that is the least tough. Allow
IA half pound of white sugar to a pound
of the rhubarb, and, adding half pint
of water, put them all together over the
fire, in small, porcelain-lined kettle,
and let them stew until tender. A fla.
voring of lemon rind and juice, is a
great Improvement to rhubarb, and rem
ders it almost equal to green gooseber-
ries stewcd. In order to preserve the
green color, keep the lid of the kettle on
during stewing.
Rhubarb Tart: Cut the stalks in
lengths of two inches, and take off the
thin skin. If you have hot hearth lay
them in dish, and cover with ttlin
syrup of sugar and water, made in the
proportion of half pound of sugar to a
half pint of water; cover the dish closely,
and let it simmer very slowly an hour; a
block-tin saucepan may also be used for
the purpose. Having prepared some nice
puff paste fill some patty-pans with it,
bake, and when cool. place on china
dishes, and fill with the stewed rhubarb.
Do not forget to stew with the rhubarb
some shredded lemon peel, and add when
done little of the juice of the lemon
also.-American Agricu.tarast.
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New Cure for Consumption.

Considerable sensation has been created
in medical circles in Vienna by the dis
,covcry of supposed cure for consump-
tion and other tubercular affections of
the lungs or other parts of the body. The
discoverer is DR.. koD:cheF, young op-
orator in the clinical department of Prof.
Albert. DR.. Kolischer, starting on the
assumption that tuberculosis occasionally
heals naturally, owing to the tubercules
becoming calcined, hit upon the idea of
causing artificial colonization by means
of hypodermic injections of a compound
described as "calcium phosphoricum"
into the limbs of persons affected with
local tuberculosis. He made number OF
experiments with view of testing his
discovery, and in every case the expert
mcnt turned out successful. At tie
last meeting of the Vienna Society of
Physicians DR.. kolischer read paper on
the result Of his experiments, and intro
duced to tie meeting several persons who
had been cured by this method. lie is
about to carry his experiment further by
making similar experiments upon persons
suffering from t2rbuculosis of the lungs.
--Lond0R Chronicle.
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Tales of TOddlers.

A little New Yorker, four years old,
walking in the country last summer,
complained to her mother of very rocky
road. Mamma, I don't like this walk !;
it's too stuttery."
The same little girl, at the dinner-tahle
one day, asked to taste piece of pickle,
and when she had eaten it made a
wry face and said: 81 don't like it.;
it dazz!es my tongue"
Our small boy of two years, returning
from visit to his grandmother, ,assnished
his mamma by loud outcry when she
left him as usual to 60 to sleep alone.
Going back to him in some alarm she was
met by the reassuring explanation: IF
I can only scream loud enough, grand
mall rock me-"
The other day-he is now three years
old-hc was much edited by pair of
twins who called upon him. That even
ing, on his expressing q wish to say his
prayers, he was taught the Lords Prayer.
'Is God man?' he began in his usual
remorselcss style Of ofinterrogation. "No, y
was the answer. ''But it says "a man, '"
he persisted. "Amen," was the gentle
correction, which elected the startling
query: why, mamma, is God t0t"sr'
-BQIy1ood.
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He Got II In Writing.

Colonel Tom Worthington, West
Point officer who commanded an Ohio
regiment during the early part of the
war, was dismissed from the service for
alleg ged disobcdience of orders at the
battle of Shiloh. Seeking redress, he
went to Washington, and in that city
spent every winter until he died. Con-
stantly begging to be reinstated in the
service, he bored President Lincoln al
most to death. One day he called Gen.
eral Tom Ewing out of the House of Rep
resentatives and said to him "Lincoln's
fool !" ''What makes you think so9"
asked Ewing. "Read this note" said
Worthington, pulling paper from his
pocket. The letter was dated at the Ex-
ecutive Mansion, and read as follows:
sI have several times informed Mr..
Worthington, verbally, that he was IN.
fit to be Colonel, and now at his re-
quest put it in writing. A. LINCOLN. "
Ben: PerLey P0ore.
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Eucalyptus and Ague.

What has been the effect of planting
the eucalyptus! Professor Tommasi-
Crudcli has never attributed to these
trees the least influence upon fever. On
the contrary he says that in the southern
hemisphere, where vegetation is more
richly developed than in Europe, there
are numbcrless forests of eucalyptus
where, as Professor Liversidge, of the
University Of Sydney, has declared,
malaria obtains to a very great extent.
He also mentions the futile efforts to pro-
mote health made at the instigation of
the French Trappists at the Three
Fountains, where among vast plantations
of eucalyptus, all the inmates of an agri-
cultural penitcntiary instituted in the
ncighborhood of the Abbey were subject
to fevcrs, more or less ssevere. Not an in
habitant of the Three Fountains escaped
the malaria in 1882, during which, in all
the rest of the Roman campasna the
health was excellent, and the percentage
Of fevers very small. .Sanitnry Era.
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A Valuable Cherry Tree.

John Capura, of this town, owns one
of the finest cherry trees in all California.
1t is now eighteen years old, stands nearly
sixty feet in height, and measures four
inches less than six feet in circumference.
1t is of the white oxheart variety, and
last year bore by actual weight 2,225
pounds. This year Capura estimates that
it will produce not less than go pounds
more than last year, or over 2, 800 pounds.
lie pcddles the cherries through the coun-
try, and they average him eight cents a
pound. Last year this one tree brought
him little over $175. He owns only six
acres of ground, and of course takes
splendid care of the trees He has 100
of the oXheart trees and about thirty-tivc
of the black tartarian, besides peaches,
plums, ncctarines and seventy-fvc young
orange trees on his place. OrvrHie (Cal. J
RfgisteT.
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Useful Hints.

Tissue or printing paper is the best
thing for polishing glass or tinware.
If gilt frames, when new, are covered
with coat of white varnish, all specks
can be washed off with water without
harm.
In beating cake, beat from the bottom
of the mixing bowl with wood spoon,
bringing it up high with each stroke, and
as soon as the ingredients are fairly and
smoothly mixed, stop beatiig or your
cake will be tough
Sing to your children, if you can turn
tune. 1t is worth your while to cult
vate your voice nov. if you never did it
before. Nowhere else-perhaps not even
in heaven-will you have such loving and
generous audience.
1t is a great mistake to clean brass ar
ticles with acid, as they very soon be-
come dull after such treatment. Sweet
oil and putty powder, followed by soap
and water, is one of the best mediums
for Frightening brass and copper.
Fine wood cabinets should be wiped
out with soft cloth; the corners espe-
cially may be brushed with small hair
whisk. If the surface has been polished
and has grown dull with age or use, a
very little linseed oil on woolen rag
mag be used to go over it.
Do not hang a canary bird over five
feet from the floor. This gives an average
temperature and purity of air. When
ventilating a room see that the bird is not
in draught. When hung odt of doers
have part of the cage in the shade, so
that the bird may have a retreat, if he
chooses to take it, from the sun.
Flies area great nuisance-but puri-
fer. They use up all the little particles
of filth, and render many apartments
comparatively healthful which without
them would be unfit to live in. So in
shutting out flies great care should be
taken to still secure the best of ventila-
tion, and preserve everything in the most
perfect neatneSs.
To keep cut flowers fresh, in the even
ing lay them in q shallow pan OF bowl
with their stems in very little water,
and cover the receptacle with a damp
towel, one just wrung out of water. In
the morning the flowers can be arranged
in vases for the day. The stems can be
cut from day to day. Flowers treated
in this manner can be kept from one to
two weeks, and sometimes even longer.
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Aged Workers.

Men should not kick out of harness
too soon and think they arc "too old for
work. Some of the brightest and most
useful writers and thinkers of the world
to-day arc we'll along in years. Bismarck
is past 70, Grevy is IS, King William is
past 50, Queen Victoria will soon enter
upon the tifty-tirst year of her reign. In
our own country Evarts is past &c, and
is a possible candidate for President;
Dudley Field is over so, and as springy
as boy; Simon Cameron is 81, and has
any amount of fire and snap. Boston
has six editors that are over so years old
and doing active work. Young fellows
of GO Or thereabouts can afford to buckle
down for good long spell yet.-Inter-
Ocean.
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A Curious Library.

Professor Thomas, of Little Rock, has
q curious library. The covers of the
books are of wood, each a different
specimens. The visitor picks up book.
He finds it is a solid bit of wood in the
shape of handy volume. The books are
made from white oak, red oak, black
oak, chestnut, American beech, birch,
red cedar, yellow pine. pitch pine, will
low, poplar, cypress, "old field" or long
lcavcd pine, bois dare, black walnut,
hickory (seYeral varieties), white and red
maple, box elder, black locust, black su-
mac, water locust, coffee bean, wild plum,
holly, Eastwood, paw-paw, bay, UNI
brella, wild cherry, sweet gum, elm (sev-
eral varieties), sycamore, witch hazel,
batternut, pecan, hickory, and twenty
or more other woods.
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4 Senoy Kills Eleven Men.

A terrible story from Kurrachee Illus
trates the dangers to which man who
t'runs amuck" exposes his neighbors. A
sepoy with forty rounds of ammunition
broke loose among his comrades at one
o'clock in the morning. He shot two
fellow Sepoys, four shopkeepers who
were lying asleep outside their shops, and
five cartmen. The regiment turned out
in pursuit of him, and he took refuge in
a Stone enclosure. After firing many
rounds at his pursuers, he finally shot
himself through the heart. All his vic
tins died. Jams's Gazette.